Pyongyang, January 5 (KCNA) -- The 17th Division of south Korean army on Jan. 2 waged war drills under the simulated conditions of an all-out war against the north in Inchon and Kimpho and Puchon of Kyonggi Province.

South Korean trigger-happy forces formed a group of combatant staff officers to hold the command and control exercise under the pretext of coping with the threat to the south increased by the north's provocation.

They also conducted a strategic march drill and an exercise of firing guns and other firearms under the simulated conditions of an actual battle.

Such frantic war drills against the north waged from the first days of the new year seriously threaten the security and peace of the nation.